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MR LUI SUNG

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Mr Peter Blaker MP sent us a copy of a letter dated 17 March which he had received from Mrs Elsie Elliott about the case of Mr Lui Sung. Mr Blaker sent an acknowledgement to Mrs Elliott, simply saying he was forwarding the letter to his successor in the FCO.

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Earlier this year Mrs Elliott wrote about Mr Lui Sung to "interested Members of Parliament", including Mr James Johnson MP, and to Mr Blaker when he was a Minister in the FCO. She alleged that Mr Sung had been unfairly treated by the Resettlement Department. Mr Blaker sent Mr Johnson a report on the case which we had received from Hong Kong. He suggested that Mr Johnson might wish to look into the case himself during his visit to Hong Kong over Easter. We also asked the Colonial Secretary to reply to Mrs Llliott.

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Mr Johnson duly discussed the case in Hong Kong and Hong Kong informed us that he was satisfied that the facts of the case were as stated in the report previously sent to him by

Mr Blaker.

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Mrs Elliott is a determined lady, and probably not open to conviction that the Hong Kong Government have acted fairly. I do not think we should achieve anything by trying to argue the case further with her. However, Mr Johnson's visit provided a peg on which to hang a brief final reply. I therefore wrote to ask him if he would agree to Lord Goronwy-Roberts mentioning, in his reply to Mrs Elliott, that Mr Johnson was satisfied that the facts of Mr Sung's case were as stated by the Hong Kong Government.

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